BIB_ID
431816
Accession number
MA 1617.440
Creator
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917.
Display Date
London, England, 1890 October 9.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18.2 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written from the "Theatre Royal / Haymarket" on its stationery.
This letter is one of seven letters from Tree to Henley related to Tree's production of "Beau Austin, a play co-authored by Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters were written from June 26 through November 14, 1890 (MA 1617.438-MA 1617.444). These seven letters are housed with an undated letter from Henley to Tree which appears to be written in November 1890 soon after the production of "Beau Austin" at the Haymarket Theatre on November 3, 1890 (MA 1617.445) and a letter from Henry Dana to Henley, dated May 3, 1901, concerning a production by Tree of Henley's play "Macaire" (MA 1617.446). This small collection also includes three telegrams from Tree to Henley (November 3, 4 and 8, 1890) relating the success of the production.
This letter is one of seven letters from Tree to Henley related to Tree's production of "Beau Austin, a play co-authored by Henley and Robert Louis Stevenson. The letters were written from June 26 through November 14, 1890 (MA 1617.438-MA 1617.444). These seven letters are housed with an undated letter from Henley to Tree which appears to be written in November 1890 soon after the production of "Beau Austin" at the Haymarket Theatre on November 3, 1890 (MA 1617.445) and a letter from Henry Dana to Henley, dated May 3, 1901, concerning a production by Tree of Henley's play "Macaire" (MA 1617.446). This small collection also includes three telegrams from Tree to Henley (November 3, 4 and 8, 1890) relating the success of the production.
Provenance
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
Saying "I don't think the end of Act I wants cutting - it wants a little working up, I think - which can be done with the transposition of a line - I am opposed to Clement Scott's doing anything except abuse the play. - Yes, you shall have the seats with pleasure - our private address is The Grange, Hampstead Heath - my wife returns from the Continent next week & will be delighted to entertain yours - Can't you come to London? - It would be most useful for "Austin" & I cannot conceive of a play being done unless the author is there to put in a few touches here & there & give his views. However, everything shall be done for the play - very well, Brookfield by all means . . I'll return the copies of the "Beau;" adding, in a postscript, "Dont do the prologue unless you feel it - it ought to be done in imitation of the old style & might really be a feature. Kemble or Fernandez might speak it or Brookfield."
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